Greetings. After initially suggesting to me that there was nothing at all wrong with their display of addresses for unlisted telephone numbers on their services inquiry Web site, Acceller -- in a communication to Wired News -- has now promised to alter their system to end this privacy-invasive practice.

Acceller appears to be blaming their data vendor for never differentiating between listed and unlisted numbers, so Acceller says that they simply displayed whatever data was provided to them -- an interesting policy, to say the least.

In any case, the underlying issue in this whole affair really relates to the lax rules associated with the handling of such data in the first place, and no doubt there will be plenty more to discuss about that in the future.

For now -- assuming that Acceller follows through on their commitment in a timely manner -- all's well that ends well, it appears.

Merry Christmas, everyone. Take care.

--Lauren--